[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Historical geography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography) › [The Geography of the Puranas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966) › c10.55 # The Geography of the Puranas c10.55 The Geography of the Purāṇas c10.55 - **Language:** English ### [c10.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c10.55) | | Purāṇic names of rivers | | | | | Present names | Notes | | Mārk | Vy | Mts | Br | Others | | | | | Godāvarī | S | Bhīma-rathi | S | S | | Godāvarī | | | Bhīmarathā | S | Bhīma-rathi | S | Bhīma-rathi | | Bhīmā | | | Kṛṣṇaveṇyā | S | Kṛṣṇa-veṇī | S | S | | Kṛṣṇa | | | Veṇvā | S | Vaiṇī | O | Veṇu Viṇū, Viṇṇa | Veṇā, | Veṇā | Veṇā appears to be the correct reading. It is a headwater tributary of the Kṛṣṇa. It cannot be the Penner which does not rise from the Sahya Parvata. | | Tuṅgabhadrā | S | | S | S | | Tuṅga-bhadra | | | Suprayogā | S | | S | S | | Vedavatī (Hagari) | Easy to bathe in', i.e., shallow with low banks and free from floods and gravel. | | Bāhyā | O | | S | O | Varada (Agni) | Varadā | The reading in Agni Purāṇa is correct. | | Kāverī | S | | S | S | | Kāverī | | | O | S | | Vañjulā | Vañjulā | | Mañjirā | | - [Previous: c10.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c10.54) - [Next: c10.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c10.56) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c10.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c10.55) · Pramāṇa